title: The distinguished surgeon Bertrand Bécane (1728-1802?) and the syphilitic theory of cancer.
abstract: Bertrand Bécane, Professor of surgery in Toulouse Medical School, is considered an eminent precursor of oncology, influencing the 18th century medicine with his syphilitic theory of cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of History of Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karamanou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsoucalas
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laios
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trompoukis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000266:history*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology